Deep Dive: Fixing and Permeabilizing for Immunofluorescence
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Blog Post
Published
Aug. 30, 2022, 1:15 p.m.
...acetone, methanol, or ethanol, work by dehydrating and precipitating cellular components. This method of fixation...introduction to immunofluorescence (IF) - a common method for visualizing molecules of interest within a ...tissue. In that introduction, we broke down the method into six general steps and outlined the considerations...saturated being 37%). Formalin solutions often contain methanol as well, in order to slow the polymerization of...recover good antibody binding by tweaking those parameters, but in some cases your antibody may just not...experiment.
Figure 1: Choice of fixation method impacts antibody binding. Formaldehyde cross-links...hidden within the folded protein (green region). Methanol dehydrates the protein, which can disrupt protein...